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This study is based on a comparison between how piano teachers change their didactics depending on the teaching method, particularly individual teaching or group teaching. Three piano teachers have been interviewed and six observations have been conducted. One where the teacher taught an individual student and one where the teacher taught a group. The study has been conducted with the sociocultural perspective as overarching theory with elements of Lev. S. Vygotsky’s thoughts about cooperative learning and the Zone of Proximal Development, and with hermeneutics as a method of analysis. Focus was maintained on the tools the teachers use during the lessons and how the cooperative learning is visual during the lessons. Some tools and methods were selected as particularly relevant. These where the three learning styles as tools. That is, visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning. In addition, singing as a tool were chosen as well as the Dalcroze-method. These were chosen because of their continuous presence during my education at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and their recognition withing the particular scientific field.

The results are presented in two parts. The interviews show that the teachers claims to not change their didactics depending on the teaching method, that is individual or group lessons. This is partly contradicted by the result from the observations. The most significant and striking differences is between the teacher’s thoughts about using singing as a tool and how they actually uses it. The study shows that the teacher’s didactic choices largely depend on their own preferences in combinations with the particular needs and abilities of the student. The number of methods and tools used during the group lessons are greater than the ones used during the individual lessons. This could be caused by the fact that the teachers need considerate every students preferences in learning during a group lesson whereas the teacher can concentrate on just one student during a individual lesson.